# Jig #191: Open

> Is the balanced bipartite size Ramsey number Θ(n³2ⁿ)?
>
> [arXiv:2111.05420](https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.05420)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/191
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 560 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/560)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:35:17.556Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:37:08.952Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:44:46.076Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. A graph consisting of one edge is Ramsey for K_{1,1}.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/191?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3ea73c2c-f6f0-4465-aeca-dd8f51aa6a65 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32817937846, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:37:08.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**A graph consisting of one edge is Ramsey for K_{1,1}.**

**Scope.**

The smallest positive balanced complete-bipartite target under the root's full graph, coloring, and monochromatic-copy predicates.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos560OneEdgeRamsey.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.Basic
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos560OneEdgeRamsey.Direct

abbrev FiniteGraph (N : ℕ) := Finset (Finset (Fin N))

def IsSimpleGraph {N : ℕ} (E : FiniteGraph N) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ E, e.card = 2

def HasMonochromaticKnn {N : ℕ} (n : ℕ) (E : FiniteGraph N)
    (color : Finset (Fin N) → Bool) : Prop :=
  ∃ A B : Finset (Fin N), A.card = n ∧ B.card = n ∧ Disjoint A B ∧
    ∃ c : Bool, ∀ a ∈ A, ∀ b ∈ B,
      ({a, b} : Finset (Fin N)) ∈ E ∧ color {a, b} = c
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3ea73c2c-f6f0-4465-aeca-dd8f51aa6a65/source
```

- Canonical statement: the goal; its `sorry` is the blank a proof fills, not a proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos560OneEdgeRamsey

abbrev FiniteGraph (N : ℕ) := Finset (Finset (Fin N))

def IsSimpleGraph {N : ℕ} (E : FiniteGraph N) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ E, e.card = 2

def HasMonochromaticKnn {N : ℕ} (n : ℕ) (E : FiniteGraph N)
    (color : Finset (Fin N) → Bool) : Prop :=
  ∃ A B : Finset (Fin N), A.card = n ∧ B.card = n ∧ Disjoint A B ∧
    ∃ c : Bool, ∀ a ∈ A, ∀ b ∈ B,
      ({a, b} : Finset (Fin N)) ∈ E ∧ color {a, b} = c

def IsRamseyForKnn {N : ℕ} (n : ℕ) (E : FiniteGraph N) : Prop :=
  IsSimpleGraph E ∧ ∀ color : Finset (Fin N) → Bool,
    HasMonochromaticKnn n E color

def oneEdge : FiniteGraph 2 := {{(0 : Fin 2), (1 : Fin 2)}}

/-- A single edge is Ramsey for `K_{1,1}`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop := IsRamseyForKnn 1 oneEdge

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos560OneEdgeRamsey
```

### 1. Is the size Ramsey number of K_{n,n} bounded above and below by positive constant multiples of n³2ⁿ for all s…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/191?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:35:17.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Is the size Ramsey number of K_{n,n} bounded above and below by positive constant multiples of n³2ⁿ for all sufficiently large n?**

The extremal number is encoded as the unique realized edge count that is no larger than every Ramsey host; finite Ramsey theory guarantees existence, making this definition equal to the usual minimum. One edge kernel-checks the full K_{1,1} Ramsey predicate; an independent encoding is definitionally equal; nine content-free bridges fail. Whole routes checked classical upper hosts, random-coloring lower bounds, the 2023 off-balanced theorem, entropy/containers/local lemma, and definition degeneracies.

**Scope.**

The Conlon–Fox–Wigderson balanced-case conjecture for Erdős 560. Host graphs are finite simple edge sets, every red/blue edge coloring is quantified, monochromatic copies use disjoint n-vertex parts with every cross-edge present, and the realized minimum edge count is characterized among all finite hosts.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement: the goal; its `sorry` is the blank a proof fills, not a proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.CountablyGenerated

namespace Statements.Erdos560BalancedBipartiteSizeRamsey

open Filter

abbrev FiniteGraph (N : ℕ) := Finset (Finset (Fin N))

def IsSimpleGraph {N : ℕ} (E : FiniteGraph N) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ E, e.card = 2

def HasMonochromaticKnn {N : ℕ} (n : ℕ) (E : FiniteGraph N)
    (color : Finset (Fin N) → Bool) : Prop :=
  ∃ A B : Finset (Fin N), A.card = n ∧ B.card = n ∧ Disjoint A B ∧
    ∃ c : Bool, ∀ a ∈ A, ∀ b ∈ B,
      ({a, b} : Finset (Fin N)) ∈ E ∧ color {a, b} = c

def IsRamseyForKnn {N : ℕ} (n : ℕ) (E : FiniteGraph N) : Prop :=
  IsSimpleGraph E ∧ ∀ color : Finset (Fin N) → Bool,
    HasMonochromaticKnn n E color

noncomputable def sizeRamseyKnn (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sSup {m : ℕ |
    (∃ N : ℕ, ∃ E : FiniteGraph N,
      IsRamseyForKnn n E ∧ E.card = m) ∧
    ∀ N : ℕ, ∀ E : FiniteGraph N,
      IsRamseyForKnn n E → m ≤ E.card}

/-- Erdős problem 560: the balanced complete-bipartite size Ramsey number
    has order `n^3 2^n`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ c C : ℝ, 0 < c ∧ 0 < C ∧
    ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
      c * n ^ 3 * 2 ^ n ≤ sizeRamseyKnn n ∧
        (sizeRamseyKnn n : ℝ) ≤ C * n ^ 3 * 2 ^ n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos560BalancedBipartiteSizeRamsey
```

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